Car construction.



Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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CAR CONSTRUCTION.

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CAR CONSTRUCTION.

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APPLICATlON FILED OCT.25, 1912.

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- CHARLES A. LINDSTRM, F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE T0 PBESSED y STEEL CAB COMPANY. 0F PITTSBURGH,

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To all whom t ma concern.'

` Be it known t at I, CHARLESv A.` LIND- i tion, of which-,the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference bein had to the accompanying drawlngs,

` in w ich like characters refer to like parts,

and in which-,-

Figure 1 1s.a plan view of substantially l one-half of -a general car embodyingmy involition. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the car, the left-hand half of the figure being taken on the line A-A ofFig. 1, and

' the right-handhalf on line B-B of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 inclusive are side elevations of intermediate portions of the side of the car, and Figs.' 6, 7 and 8 inclusive are sections on line C-C of Figs. 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Figs. 9 and .10 arey side elevations of the end portions of the side of the car-and Figs. 11 and 12 are sectionson. line zontal section on line E--E of Fig. 10, and

FigsQli and 15' are horizontal'sections on line F-F of Figs. 4f and 5 respectively. Fig. 16 isan end elevation of the car, and

Figs. 17 and 1-8 are horizontaly sectionsshowing modifications in the form and construction of the side stakes.

My invention relates to car construction and vmechanism especially adapted for carrying ordinary freight, as well as for ladings` which it may be desirable todump through n the' bottom of the car, when standing on trestles or on the usual level track; though `of car doors and operating mechanism.

it is adaptable for use with any suitable type An object of the present invention is to provide`- a simple, strong and economical construction of car, especially.v adapted for that class of freight cars having dro bottoms and known in the trade as genera service cars, but which may also be applied to gondola and other freight cars without drop otto-ms. l

Another object of the'present invention is to provide a car having a stronger side construction than has hitherto been possible,

which object is attained by the novel form Specification o1 Letters Patent.

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i 'of side stake employed, having` its greatest cross section at the portion which is sub- ]ected to the greatest bending moment, namely, its lower lend portion.

l -Another object of this invention is to construct the side stakes of such a form that the lower=portions thereor'l will constitute substantial supports for the inclined load carry- .l ing floor plates, which. rest upon and are secured thereto, and forma protection to the l door winding shaft against damage from the lading while being discharged.

.Another object of this invention is to ellminate the inside gusset plates, which .have `hitherto been necessary to give the sides of the car the necessary amount of lateral stiiness to resist .the thrust of the lading, which object is also attained by the novel form of side stake heretofore referred to, and resulting in ay car which has no internal obstructions in the form of gusset plates to interfere with the lading.

Another object of this invention is to utilize what has, in cars-constructed hitherto, been left asa vacant space, formed by the side stakes, the inclined load carrying licor lates and the end portions of the'transoms, ut which in my construction is partly occu. pied by the lower widened portion of the novel form of side stake herein described.

Another objectof this invention is to supportthe door winding and locking shaft in ,the lower portion of they side stakes,-thus obviating any perfo-ration `or cutting away ofportions of the transoms, `with its result- ,A ant weakening effect.

Another object of this invention is to construct a car which in the event of its sides paired by removing and replacing where necessary, the'side stakes and sides, Without interfering with the transoms, which in cars at present constructed extend to and are secured to the sides of the car, and' which in the event of'damage to the side of the car, are usually also damaged and require to be either vreplaced or removed for repairs, necessitating an almost complete dismantling of the car underfram'e.

A furtherobject of this invention is to support the door winding and lockingshaft f in such a manner that 1t can be easily removed from its supports in a downward direction, by supporting it in openings provided in the lower portion of `the side stakes, thus avoidingthe making of such openings in the ends of the transoms, as has been customar heretofore.

A filrther object of this invention is to p'ovide certain modifications of the hereinfore described structures.

More specifically stated my invention relates to that class of car and dooroperatingand latching mechanism which is illustrated, described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 791,348, granted May 30th,

1905 to myself and John' F. Streib and United States Letters Patent No. 833,402, granted October 16th. 1906 to me. In the mechanism of both of these patents, chain means is employed for raising the doors, and a creeping shaft is emplo ed for first winding said chain means an then latching the doors in raised position directly on the shaft and not through the medium of the chain means, to relieve the chain means from load strains. It is however to be understood that l my invention may be applied to bottom dump cars' haying door operating mechanism of other* types than that above referred to, and which are provided with door operating shafts extending longitudinally of the car and at or near the vertical plane of the car sides.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, l indicates the center sill of the car which may be of any suitable form. such as box girder or I beam, but preferably of the modified A-shape illustrated in Fig. '2 of the drawings. This form of center sill is fully illustrated, described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 833,402, granted to me October 16th, 1906, and hence it is unnecessary to describe it 1n further detail in this specification. A

2 indicates the body, bolster which may also be constructed of any. referred form, but which is illustrated in t e drawings as being constructed in two sections, of plates and angle irons and secured at its inner end to the center sill. The outer ends 3 of these bolster members do not extend, as has been the usual practice, to the vertical plane of the side of the car, nor are they secured thereto, but terminate some distance therefrom. `These bolster members are furnished ,with the usual top tie plate 4 extending l length substantially equal to thel length of the bolster members, that is to say, they do not extend from the center sills to' which `of the bolster members.

they are secured, to the vertical plane of the car side, but are stopped short at a suitable distance therefrom. These Atransoms are providedwith top flanges 9, end flanges 10 which are secured `to the center sill, bottom flanges 11 which are deflected downwardly to prevent the discharging lading from lodging thereon, and outer end flanges 12 to which the lower end portions of the side stakes are secured. These transoms may also be provided with brackets 13 of triangular or other suitable shape which are sesured to the lower flanges of the transoms and to the lower portions of the center sill, and which serve to brace and strengthen the connections of the transom to the center sill.

14 indicates the novel form of side stakes with which the car is furnished and which are preferably formed of plates pressed into the' form of a Z, having a varying cro section from end to end and a lower end portion adapted to be secured to the ends of the transoms. The side stakes 14 which are secured to the holsters as well as those secured to the transoms adjacent to the bolsters are of similar construction to the other y side stakes, but are provided with an additional angle bar reinforcing member 15, which Ais secured to the stake, to the sides and sloping floor of the car, and to the ends These stakesA are all constructed in such a form as to provide an inwardly sloping portion 1.6 and an, end portion 17 of greatly increased horizontal depth as compared vwith the upper portion 18, thus providing greatly increased strength in the side stake at the point where the bending moment is greatest due to the sidewisefhrust of the lading. i

19 indicates the side wall of the car, the upper portion 20 of which is substantially vertical. the lower portion 21 sloping in'- wardly and downwardly and forming an inclined load carrying floor plate. The lower portion 22 is also bent outwardlyY toward the side of the car forming a longitudinal edge plate, which is notched or cut away to permit the lower portion of the side stakes' to pass therethrough. 'l The top tie platemember 4 of the bolster, which as previously stated extends across the center sill of the car, also extends to and has it! outer ends 23, 9.3 bent upwardl in such av manner as to contact with the lower portions of the inclined load carrying floor plates 21 and said ends are secu red thereto. The upper tie plate members A of the transoms 8 do not extend continuously across the center sillvbut their nnerends lap under the-top flange 25 of the T-shaped upper member 26 of the center sill, and are secured thereto. The outer ends 27 of these tie plate members extend to the inclined load carrying floor plates 21, and have their ends inclined upwardly to contact therewith and are semembers and transoms adjacent tothe doors f to prevent the dropping of the doors more than a predetermined distance. l4oy thereto, and in which slots 31 are formed.

to permit of the application and support of the door winding and latching shaft 32, but as this mechanism is fullyfillustrated, de-

scribed and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 7 91,348, granted May 30th, 1905, to myself and John F. Streib, further description of the same is herein considered unnecessary. The castings 30 are provided with openings 33 in their lower portions to permit of the removal of the shaft 32 for the purpose of repair or replacement, -the openings 33 in the castings 30 being furnished with a removable member 34 adapted to bev secured therein, the withdrawal of which permits the shaft with all its accessories to be lowered bodily from its normal position inthe slot 31 in the casting 30. However, as

this feature is fully illustrated, -described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 993,082, granted to me May 23rd, 1911, further description of the same is herein consideredv unnecessary. I

The drop doors 35 are hinged to the center sill in the usual manner. and the bolster are provided with suitable stop ymembers 36 Fig. 1 7 shows'a modification of the construction of the side stake of the car, in

`which the body member of the'stake is formed of a steel plate pressed into channel form of varying section and reinforced by an angle bar riveted to the back of the inner edge of the stake member. Fig'.v 18 illus-y trates a further modified form of the con-` struction of the `side stake of the car, in which the stake is formed `of a steel plate pressed into channel form of varying cross section.

Within the scope of my invention, as defined in the claims, they construction of the parts may be modified in many ways by the skilled mechanic, since, what I claim is 1.- In a railway car, a metallic side stake having a substantially rvertical upper portion, an enlarged inwardly sloping intermediate portion and an enlarged lower portion.

2. In a railway car, a metallic side stake having a substantially vertical upper portion and an enlarged inwardly and downwardly'sloping intermediate portion and an `enlarged lower portion.

3. In a railway car, a metallic side stake made of one piece having a substantially vertical upper portion, an enlarged inwardly sloping intermediate portion and an enlarged lower portion. y

4. In a railway car, a metallic side stake made of one piece vhaving a substantially vertical upper portion, an enlarged inwardly' and downwardly, sloping intermediate por"n tion and an enlarged lower portion.

5. In a railway car, a metallic side stake having a substantially vertical outer surface, a substantially vertical upper inner surface,

an intermediate inwardly sloping inners'urface and a substantially vertical lower inner surface.

6. In a railway car, a. metallicside stake having a substantially vertical outer surface,

a substantially vertical upper inner surface,

an intermediate inwardly and downwardly sloping inner surface and a substantially vertical lower inner surface.

7. In arailway car, a metallic side stakeihaving a substantially vertical upper portion, and enlarged inwardly sloping inter-v mediate portion and an enlarged lower portionsaid lower portion being provided with a perforation'for the reception of door latching mechanism. L Y

8. In a yrailway car, a metallic side stake having a substantially vertical upper por# tion and an enlarged inwardlysloping interlmediate portion andan enlargedlowerportion, in combination with door latching mechanism supported inperforations formed in said enlarged lower portion.

9. In a railway car, a metallic side stake made of onejpiece having a substantially ,vertical upper portion, an enlarged inwardly sloping intermediate portion and an enlarged lower portion in combination with door latching mechanism supported in said enlarged lower portion.

10. In a railway car, a metallic side stake made of one piece having a substantially vertical upper portion, an enlarged inwardly sloping intermediate portion and an enlarged lower portion provided with a per; l

foration ,therethrough in combination with a door latching mechanism supported in said perforation.

,y 11. In a railway car, the combination 'with the transoms, of a side, a sloping floor and a side stake adapted to support said sideand sloping floor, and secured to said transoms.

12. In a railway car, the combination with the transoms, of a side, aninwardly and downwardly sloping floor and a side stake adapted to support said side andsloping floor and secured to said transoms.l 13. In a railway car, the combination with the transoms and a -sloping floor, of metallic -side stakes extending under and adapted to support said sloping floor and secured to said transoms.

14, In a railway car, the combination with the holsters and sloping floor, of metallic side stakes extending under and adapted to support said sloping floor and secured Yto sal holsters.

15.- In a railway csr, the combination with an underframe comprising center sills, body holsters and transoms, of a car side and sloping floor, said car side and sloping floor being supported by side stakes extending under sal sloping floor and secured to said transoms.

16. In s. railway car, the combination with an underframe comprising center sills, body holsters and transoms, of a car side and slop ing floor, said car side and sloping floor be` ing supported by side stakes extending under said sloping floor, and secured to said holsters.

17. In a railway car, the combination with an underframe, comprising center sills, body holsters and transoms, of a car side and sloping floor, said car side and sloping floor lbeing supported by side stakes extendin under said sloping floor, and secured to sai holsters and transoms.

18. In a dum car, 'the combination withthe center sil s, bolsters,transoms,side, sloping floor and side stakes, of" door supporting mechanism supported in said side stakes.

19. In a dump car,- the combination with center sills, holsters, transoms, side, sloping iloor and side stakes, of door supporting .mechanism supported by said side stakes.

20. Ina dump car, the combination with a center sill, of holsters and transoms terminating inside the vertical plane of the car" side, of. side stakes secured to said car sides having enlarged lower portions adapted to meet and be secured to the ends of said holsters and transoms.

21. .In al clump car, the combination with the car sides, sloping floor, drop-doors and' door supporting shaft, of a side stake adapted to supportsaid side and sloping floor, and havingopenings therein for the reception of the door supporting shaft.

22. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill having a T section upper member, of transoms secured to said sill, and transverse tie plates secured to the under side of the horizontal flanges 'of said T section, and secured to said transoms.

23. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill having a T section upper member, transoms secured to said sill, and a. sloping floor plate, of transverse tie plates seci'u'ed to the Vunder side of the horizontal flanges of said T section, and to said tran soms and sloping iloor plates.

24. In a. railway car, the combination with a center sill having a T section upper member, transoms secured to said sill, and

Lirama an inwardly and downwardly sloping iloor 4p "plate, of transverse tie plates lapping un- .center sill terminating within the vertical plane of said side wall and a vertically disposed member secured to said side wall and transverse members, said members having substantially vertical upper portions, enlarged inwardly sloping intermediate portions and enlarged lower portions.

26. In a railway car, the `combination.

with a center sill, of a side wall having vertical and inclined portions, transversely extending members secured to said center sill and terminating within the vertical plane of said side wall, and stakes secured to said side wall and transverse members, said stakes having a substantially vertical upper portion and anl enlarged lower port1on.

27. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill, of a side will, a transversely extending member secured to said center sill and terminating within the `vertical plane'of said side wall, a vertically disposed;` member secured to said side wall and transverse member, said member having a substantially vertical upper portion and an enlarged lower portion and a strengthening member secured to said vertically disposed member.

28. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill. of a side wall having vertical and' inclined portions, transversely extending members secured to said center sill,

said transverse members terminating within the vertical plane of said side wall, and stakes secured to the inner edge portions of said transverse members and side wall, said stakes conforming to the shape of said side wall, and` the outer edge portions of said stakes being in substantially the same vertical plane throughout the length of said stakes.

29. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill, of a side wall, having a vertical upper portion and an inclined lower portion, a vertical stitl'ening member secured to said side wall. said member having an enlarged inwardly extending lower portion, and a transverse member secured to said center sill and to the lower portion 'of said vertical stiiening member within the vertical plane of said side wall.

30. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill, .of a transverse member secured to said center sill, a drop door adhaving an enlarged lower portion seured V v for securing said side wall and stake together.

32. In a railway car, a center sill of a side wall having vertical and inclined portions, a transom secured to said center sill and terminating a substantial distance short of the vertical plane of the vertical portion of said side Wa l, and a vertical stake having an enlarged lower portion extending inwardly beyond the vertical' plane of the vertical portion of said side wall and secured to said transom, and means for securing said side wall to said stake'.

33. Ina railway car, the combination with a side wall, of a vertical member of greater length than themeight of said side wall, means mountedwithin and passing through said Vertical member adapted to i directly support dump doors, said means being in a plane below said doors and means for securing said vertical member to said side wall.

34. In a railway car, the combination with the underframe of a side wall, a vertical stake member secured .to said side wally and yunderframe, said vertical member having a slotted opening for the reception of a door supporting mechanism, and a removable member carried by said stake adapted to define a portion of said opening.

35. In a railway car, the combination with a center sill of transverse members secured thereto, side walls having vertical and inclined portions, vertical members secured to said vertical and inclined portions, said vertical members varying in cross section, bearing members secured to said vertical members, a bodily movable door operating shaft mounted in said bearing members, and means for securing said vertical members to said transverse members.

36. In a railway car, the combination with the sides, of a center sill, transoms secured to said sill and terminating a substantial distance within the planes of said sides, and stakes adapted to connect said sides and transoms, said stakes each having an enlarged inwardly extending lower portion secured-to one of said transoms.

37. In a railway car, the combination with the side wall plates, of a center sill, transoms connected with said sill and terminating a substantial distance within the vertical planes of said plates, sloping floor plates se the combination with cured to the first mentioned plates and stakes connecting said plates and transoms, said stakes having enlarged inwardly extending lower portions secured to said transoms.

' 38. In a railway car, the combination with a side wall having vertical and inclined portions of a Z-shaped stake having an outer flangey in substantially the same vertical plane throughout its length and an inner flange having vertical and sloping portions and means for securing said inner flange to theuvertical and inclined portions of said wa 39. In a railway car, the combination with the side lwalls of a center sill, .transverse members connected with said sill and terminating a substantial distance lwith-in the planes of said walls and Z-shaped strengthening members secured to said members and walls, said members having enlarged lower portions.

40. In a dump car, the combination with the center sill, of transverse members secured thereto, a side wall having vertical and inclined portions, stakes secured to said side wall and transverse members, and bodily movable door raising mechanism mounted in said stakes.

41. In a dump car, the combinationwith the center sill of a side wall having an inclined floor portion, transverse members secured to .said center sill, vertically disposed strengthening members secured to said transverse members and adapted to support said inclined floor portion, and bodily movable door raising means mounted in said stakes.

42. In a dump car, the combination with a side wall of a vertically disposed stake member adapted to brace said wall, a door and bodily movable door operating means mounted in said member below said side wall adapted to move under and support said door. l

43. In a dump can-the combination with a side wall, of a vertically disposed stake door supporting rollers mounted'on said shaft, said shaft and rollers being bodily removable from said member.

44. In a dump car, the combination with a side wall of a vertically disposed stake member arranged to brace said wall and having an opening for the reception of a bodily movable discharge door operating shaft, a side portion of said opening being removable.

45. In a dump car, the combination `with a side wall, of a stake adaptedk to brace said wall and having a shaft guide slot formed therein, an opening in the lower side of said slot, and a removable filling piece in said opening. 4

46. -In a dump car, a side stake having a guide slot for a shaft formed therein, an

`wall and an L-shaped member secured to said Wall and stake, said stake having an enlarged lowei` portion extending inwardly beyond'the vertical plane of the vertical portion of said side Wall.

48. In a dump car,` the combination with a side wall having vertical and inclined p0rtions, a webbed stake arranged to brace said Wall and a strengthening member secured to said vertical and inclined portions and to 15 CHARLES A. LNDSTRM.

Vitnesses FRANK E. MILLER, MARGARET SUMMERBELL.

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